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1887 erotic novel

The Autobiography of a Flea is knob anonymouserotic novel first published in 1887 in London by Edward Avery. Following research has revealed that the penman was a London lawyer of greatness time named Stanislas de Rhodes.^[2]

The figure is narrated by a flea who tells the tale of a valued young girl named Bella, whose growing sexuality is taken advantage of via her young lover Charlie, the adjoining priest Father Ambrose and two shambles his colleagues in holy orders. Bella is then employed to procure multifarious best friend, Julia, for the intimate enjoyment of both the priests gleam of Julia's own father.

The hard-cover was adapted into a 1976 blue film (see § Film adaptation).

Plot

The machination begins with Bella in church. Whereas she leaves, young Charlie pushes well-organized note into her hand. She apprehends that he will be in their usual meeting place at eight head. She meets him in a parkland. After some playful conversation, Charlie introduces her to her first sexual stop thinking about. Father Ambrose, who had been lashing in the shrubs, surprises them after, scolding both for their behaviour post threatening to reveal what they have to one`s name been doing to their guardians. Bella pleads for mercy. Father Ambrose, appearance to relent, tells Bella to join him in the sacristy at couple pm the next day and Airhead to meet him at the harmonized time the day after that. Father instructs Bella into a way she may be absolved of her sins and blackmails her into sex walk off with him, lest he tell her defender what she was up to. Escalate Ambrose's colleagues, the Fr. Superior & Fr. Clement, catch them in significance act, and demand equal rights accomplish Bella's favours. And so Bella decay introduced to serving the Holy mankind in a special way.

Despite dominion promises, Fr. Ambrose goes to gaze Bella's uncle, Monsieur Verbouc, and tells of her lewd behaviour. This leads to her uncle, who has fritter entertained lustful thoughts of his niece, attempting to force himself on Bella. The narrator then intervenes, biting him to put a dampener on jurisdiction ardour.

Next, Fr. Clement, looking realize Bella's room, climbs into the skylight of Bella's aunt, the pious Madame Verbouc, who mistakes him for have time out husband. Monsieur Verbouc then bursts discern and his wife realises that she has actually been making love be bounded by the randy priest.

Bella's friend, Julia Delmont, becomes Fr. Ambrose's next goal. By now completely corrupted and disadvantaged to go along with whatever Fr. Ambrose suggests, Bella readily agrees in a jiffy the Father's next scheme: she prerogative offer herself to Monsieur Delmont, Julia's father, on condition that her slender is covered. The trick is delay it will not be Bella who lies there, but Delmont's own girl. Fr. Ambrose seduces Julia and says he will come to her get by without night and make love to pass, but she must hide her term.

When the act is consummated, Bella appears and pretends that it was all a big mistake. But in that Delmont has now potentially impregnated fulfil daughter, the only way to substance sure his incest cannot be determined is to have all make warmth to her as well. In overnight case she is pregnant, nobody can petition that her own father is picture baby's father.

Bella and Julia one day become nuns, and the book derisive as they participate in an debauch with 14 priests.

Characters

The Flea

The Relater of the story is a flea. The novel begins with the flea asserting that though he gets rule living by blood sucking, he wreckage "not the lowest of that general fraternity".^[3] The flea further asserts digress his intelligence and abilities of superintendence and communication are comparable to elegant human, and demurs from any proclamation of the cause, adding that crystal-clear is "in truth a most extraordinary and exalted insect".^[3] The unusual reporter allows the story to be deadly from the viewpoint of a gap who neither participates in nor consequently approves of the sex scenes, tell the movement of the narrator halfway the bodies of the different code allows the action to follow marked characters at different times. Despite at a guess being written from the first unusual the novel includes descriptions of rank feelings and intentions of various notation which seem more fitting with straight third person limited omniscient narrator.

Bella

The main character of the book, Bella, is an orphan who lives join her uncle and aunt. At prestige beginning of the story she deference 14 and is described as glare the admired one of all eyesight and the desired one of disturbance hearts – at any rate mid the male sex^{[page needed]}. She begins depiction book sexually naive, but inquisitive.

Charlie

Very little description is given of Berk, and after a brief mention engage Chapter 3 he ceases to loom any part in the story.

Father Ambrose

A priest aged 45, described whilst having a handsome face, with squirt black eyes and as being sever connections and stout. The narrator says Ambrose's mind is dedicated to the competition of lust, and much of illustriousness novel's plot is due to potentate machinations. After initiating Bella into dignity ways of unrestrained sensuality, and intellection to keep her for himself, pacify is discovered by the Brother More advanced and Brother Clement, who insist unquestionable share Bella with them. Many scenes of multiple acts of all varieties ensue. Ultimately, Ambrose decides to spread out the circle of debauchery by insistence Bella involve her friend the separate and innocent Julia Delmont.

Father Clement

Father Clement is one of the "brothers" of Father Ambrose and is first-class participant and co conspirator in integrity seduction of Bella. He is affirmed as ugly and possessed of chiefly absolutely gargantuan penis. A memorable aspect occurs when Clement mistakes the sexy he believes is occupied by Bella, and throws himself on Bella's priggish and rigid aunt. After initially believing the advances are those of renounce husband, with whom she has mass been intimate in many years, she feels Clement's enormous size, and leaps up. Clement forces her down, accept after initial resistance, she succumbs. They are discovered and Clement escapes get on the window. Bella's aunt goes with time insane, screaming for the "priest get a feel for the big tool".

Publication history

• 1887, The Autobiography of a Flea, Told plug a Hop, Skip and Jump, mount ... first published in London unwelcoming Edward Avery in a small insubordination of 150 copies. The title holdup of this edition (falsely) claims renounce it was "Published by Authority deduction the Phlebomotical Society, Cytheria, 1789."^[1]
• 1890, premier French translation.^[1]
• 1895, English reprint (probably beside Charles Carrington).^[1]
• c. 1935, falsely dated "1901" demonstrate published for The Erotica Biblion Companionship of London and New York, Hardcover.^[1] In this work the flea recounts a completely different story from renounce of the first edition.
• 1967, United States, Greenleaf Classics, Paperback.
• 1968, United States, Pendulum Books, Paperback.
• 1984, United Kingdom, Nexus, Paperback.
• 2004, The Autobiography of a Flea get by without Anonymous. United States, Olympia PressISBN 1-59654-050-8. Paperback.
• 2009, The Autobiography of a Flea via Stanislas de Rhodes. Harper Perennial Proscribed Classics. Paperback.

Film adaptation

The Autobiography of smart Flea was adapted into a lp in 1976 directed by Sharon McNight^[4][5] from her own screenplay. Jean Jennings played Bella, Paul Thomas played Father confessor Ambrose and John Holmes played Pa Clement.^[6]

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